The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 953 is concealed

Meng Renkang glanced at Meng Shisan, and seeing that Meng Shisan did not ask him to stay, he nodded: "Alright, then I will go down with Doctor Yan, and then go see my mother."

Meng Tianguan nodded, and following his youngest grandson's gaze, also glanced at his eldest granddaughter.

Meng Shisan sat on the side seat with his eyes fixed straight ahead, lost in thought.

With Meng Renkang safely rescued, everything proceeded smoothly as she had planned before setting off to save him. However, Li Shou's appearance along the way was completely unexpected.

She also pondered to herself that, considering the time it took her to arrive at the house and Li Shou to arrive at the house, she still couldn't figure out how Li Shou had known so quickly that she had agreed to Li Heng's request and had personally gone to exchange the little fat boy.

On the way back by carriage, because Li Shou was there, she and Huang Jingma didn't have a chance to speak. She would have to ask them later; perhaps the two of them could give her an answer.

Or maybe...

Meng Shisan looked directly at Li Shou, who was sitting to the upper left, or perhaps she could directly ask this powerful patron.

Li Shouyi noticed Meng Shisan's gaze. His previously lowered eyelids lifted, the coldness dissipated, and he looked back at Meng Shisan with gentleness.

Seeing this, Meng Tianguan silently turned to his wife's face, and their eyes met.

The room wasn't that big, and Old Mrs. Meng could see who her husband's gaze fell on. She knew perfectly well who it was, and she shared the same thoughts as Meng Tianguan.

The changes in the grandson are inextricably linked to the eldest granddaughter.

Of all the people involved, only four remained: Li Shou, Meng Tianguan, Old Lady Meng, and Meng Shisan.

Meng Shisan's clothes were covered in black stains, and there was some dirt on her face. She wiped her face, but it wasn't completely clean. She didn't care about that, so she just left it alone.

She planned to go back to Taichen Courtyard and freshen up properly after finishing her conversation in the main room.

Of the four people present, Meng Tianguan and Old Lady Meng did not actually participate in the rescue of Meng Renkang, Li Shou arrived at the scene halfway, and only Meng Shisan personally experienced the whole process.

Then, Meng Shisan began to recount the entire incident, from receiving Ma Ji's message to Li Heng's request, to her personal sacrifice to save Meng Renkang.

Of course, since even she herself couldn't explain why the dark figure had fallen from the sky, she chose to keep it a secret for the time being to avoid trouble.

This part has been omitted.

Upon hearing this, Li Shou merely glanced at her silently and did not expose her.

She concealed it openly and honestly, without a trace of guilt on her face, which actually made him laugh.

Great, he discovered another skill of his older cousin's—she could lie through her teeth without batting an eye.

Meng Shisan needed to find another reason to defeat Li Heng's more than twenty assassins in order to conceal the part about the shadowy figure. So she made up a story on the spot and gave all the credit to Li Shou: "...It was all thanks to Your Highness's meticulous planning that my granddaughter and fourth brother were able to return safely to my grandfather and grandmother."

Upon hearing this, Meng Tianguan and Old Madam Meng both looked at their grandson.

Li Shou remained unmoved: "It was thanks to Yaoyao's timely delivery of the message that I was able to make timely...deployment."

Meng Shisan looked at Li Shou with suspicion: The message I sent you?

Li Shou noticed the doubt in Meng Shisan's eyes, but simply smiled and did not elaborate further.

Having roughly understood the situation, Meng Tianguan couldn't bear to see Meng Shisan in such a disheveled state: "Yaoyao, go back to your courtyard and rest well. Your grandmother and I have a few words to say to His Highness."

"Alright, then granddaughter is going back to the courtyard." Meng Shisan obediently got up, turned around and walked out of the main room. She wasn't curious about what her grandparents wanted to say to Kao Shan; even if she didn't listen, she could guess the gist of it.

It boils down to two things.

The first thing the grandparents wanted to ask was how Li Shou had made the arrangements.

Secondly, the grandparents wanted to know how Li Shou would handle the aftermath.

She knew about the subsequent developments of both events and didn't need to rush to listen in the room right now.

In Taichen Courtyard, Shang Chunzao, along with Baozhu, Jinyin, and Siyu, was waiting. Preparations for grooming, clean clothes, and various foods had begun as soon as they heard that Meng Shisan had returned safely to the mansion.

Everything is ready now.

Meng Shisan returned to Taichen Courtyard, washed up, changed into a comfortable and clean dress, and sat gracefully at the dining table to pick up her bowl and chopsticks. After washing and eating her fill, she sat down with Huang Jing and Ma Ji in Mingxiao Hall and began to talk about the day's events.

Huang Jing and Ma Ji entered Taichen Courtyard earlier and ate and drank well. After Meng Shisan returned from the main courtyard, they changed clothes and ate, and the two of them sat and waited in Mingxiao Hall.

It wasn't until the sun had set that the three of them were able to speak.

Huang Jing and Ma Ji didn't care why Li Heng kidnapped Meng Renkang. In short, the two had agreed to help, and now that Meng Renkang had been rescued, that was a good outcome. They didn't care much about anything else.

Meng Shisan was in a similar situation. In short, as long as the little fat boy was safe and Li Heng and his assassins died under the shadows, the aftermath would be handled by Li Shou. How to announce it to the outside world was Li Shou's business, and she didn't care much about it.

At this moment, the three of them gathered together, and what they cared about most was where the dark figure came from, why it came, and where it had gone.

As the three were discussing, Shangchun came in to report something: "This afternoon, Xiaoqing suddenly disappeared. I had people search for her in and out of the courtyard for a long time, but we couldn't find her. After serving you, Miss, I was thinking of having people continue searching, but Cangyu said that Xiaoqing had already returned. I went to the water vat and sure enough, I saw Xiaoqing and Xiaoyuer in the vat. Xiaoyuer was blowing bubbles, but Xiaoqing was still at the bottom of the vat, not moving at all."

"Okay, I understand." Meng Shisan nodded.

The spring outing has come to an end.

Upon hearing about the water snake, Huang Jing thought of something: "Speaking of which, when the dark shadow pressed down above the houses, I think I saw a glimmer of green light..."

Ma Ji didn't notice, but he understood Huang Jing's meaning: "Miss Huang thinks it's Xiao Qing?"

"Uncertain, but possible," Huang Jing said, looking at Meng Shisan.

Meng Shisan remained silent, only calling out, "Xiao Qing."

Immediately, the water snake swam up from the bottom of the water tank, then out of the tank, and swam all the way into Mingxiao Hall.

Baozhu, who was outside the hall, was already used to this, but Cangyu, who was standing with her, watched with curiosity as the water snake swam to Meng Shisan.

“Come up,” Meng Shisan said.

So the water snake swam and swam, until it reached the tabletop to Meng Shisan's right.

Cangyu sighed silently: "Truly understanding of human nature!"
"Have you seen the shadowy figure?" Meng Shisan asked directly.

The water snake nodded its head.

"As expected!" Although the azure light seemed weak and faint compared to the black shadow, Huang Jing knew she hadn't misjudged it!
"You were in the courtyard of the mansion at the time, how could you have seen the shadowy figure?" Meng Shisan asked again.